donaldknuth123

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by donaldknuth123 7y ago
Given that recent grads probably male 200K their first year at Google I'd say its probably north of 1.5M which is obviously ridiculous. Top portfolio managers at major Hedge Funds barely make that.
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
1. The data you posted is 20 years old. 2. The data is talking about 5 year survival rates and not actual survival. The US Healthcare system is great at keeping people alive who should have stopped treatment long ago. 3. The US is behind on
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
>In the U.S. the class into which you are born determines the class you'll reach more than any other factor. Overwhelmingly. It's not even close. Who would downvote this, the data isn't even remotely controversial. https:
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
>The technical interviewing scheme is not great, but I haven't seen another system that works. I would argue that pair programming or take home projects do a far better job than the standard Whiteboard Algo interviews. In fact I don
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
So dongle mania and crap keyboards aren't an issue for you?
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Sales have already tapered off and Apple stock fell off a cliff when they announced their most recent production numbers.
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Not sure I agree with this. I think most people imagine that they have a landscape of possible choices or thoughts in front of them and they have some agency to maneuver through that landscape and modern research and even simple meditation
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
I agree, just don't make the mistake of thinking that Reason and Logic are meaningless if free will doesn't exist. They are still critical.
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
I'm not opining on the morality of it, just saying that the idea that the money disappeared or was put in a pile and burnt is obviously silly.
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Indeed, that's certainly one way to interpret the lack of free will. You might be inclined to join the Compatibilist camp, which I find intellectually lacking but many people are more comfortable with than raw determinism. Whichever st
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Eventually it will be split from actual Data Science work which is essentially either Machine Learning or Statistics. Imagine making a master sculptor mine his own Marble, it would be absolutely absurd similarly it would be silly to make a
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Unfortunately the vast majority of Academic Philosophers disagree with you. Thoughts obviously exist but the idea that you are in control of what you think about is patently false. Take a look at modern stances on Free Will if you doubt tha
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Good idea for whom is what you should be asking. That money wasn't burned, it was sent to the bank accounts of major stockholders in Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Halliburton etc... Lets be very clear, there are people who benefited and s
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by donaldknuth123 8y ago
Oh it went to private hands. Hands that owned stock in Halliburton, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin etc...